I would like to start and create my first file server at home. I've never done this before and I'm a beginner. I would like to know how to create one, how to maintain it for years to come, and what costs are entailed with a direct or indirect costs. Thanks everyone.

Edit

Added the below for clarity.

What I am looking for is a way to storing my personal files at home. I am not looking for internet connected device that I can access remotely.

It will be mainly used to store my personal photos and videos, and not used to stream movies to a device.

Should be accessible by devices such as android, windows, and iOS.

I am unsure if it's a bug but the list of communities on the sidebar begins all sorted but then the order is mixed at the end.

Is this a bug or am I missing an option somewhere in the app?

After amending the default upvote and Downvote colours, using the compact layout, it looks like there is a bug where the small arrows do not use the new colours. Instead, they use the initial default colours originally set.

I will be adding a comments with screenshots.

Edit: just noticed that an app restart resolved this issue. So it could be a minor bug.

Diggnation and Tekzilla were amazing.

I have tried using summit and noticed that the amount of data the app stores is high.

Currently, the app stores around 1.5 GB of data and cache on the phone.

Comparing to an app like voyager, voyager hardly crosses the 100 MB.

I have two questions:

1. Is there a reason why summit stores such amount of data and can it be controlled within the app?
2. Will the data stored by summit keep creeping up or does it reach a certain level and stop from increasing?

Thanks

Credit: Me (taken around 2018)

For a more consistent look, would it be possible to slightly amend the look and feel of the app to make the upvote and downvote arrows also follow the colour of the text?

Does summit have the option of hiding the text shown in the bottom navigation bar?

Noticed this drop and would love to know the reason behind it.

Is there a way in Summit to hide or disable text post thumbnails?

Not sure if it exists or not.

I use the follow system when setting a theme. However, Thunder defaults to gray theme rather than amoled.

Would love to have the option to set a preferred dark theme so that it defaults to the amoled option instead.